[Sword Art Online Arc]: The Eternal Saga

"Hell no." Akimoto said flatly as he walked over to Kane. " You watch your back. You've messed with the wrong players." As he said this a snarl type look formed on his face.

Sakurai shrugged his shoulders. "Very well. You all will have to face death some day." He flexed his hand and crushed the crystal in his hand. His body, as well as the other Death Bringers, shattered into shards and shot into the sky leaving Kane and Akimoto alone.
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Kane still held the Manipulator in his hand. He let out a sigh and looked towards Akimoto. "Thanks." He said.

"No problem." Akimoto said, staring at the spot the man once stood. After closing his eyes and then opening them after a moment he turned to Kane. "Let's get out of here."

"You're not even mad?" Kane asked in surprise. He blinked and opened his menu, putting the Manipulator away.

"About what?" Akimoto asked, confused. He was however, mad. That he didn't kill that son of a bitch when he had the chance.

"Nevermind, I just thought you would be mad that I left you guys, again." Kane shifted his eyes to the foggy ground when he said 'again'.

" No, I should be mad that you're a dual wielder. And you didn't say anything to me about it." Akimoto said, giving a small grin as he elbowed Kane in the arm.

Kane replied, "What if word leaked out? You know how players feel around me, they all know I'm a Beater. Could you imagine how they would feel if they figure out I was the Midnight Swordsman, and on top of that, a Dual Wielder." He shook his head to get that thought from his head as Akimoto started to walk away. "Wait," he called out, holding his hand out towards him.

"Hm?" Akimoto asked, turning around slightly.

Kane turned his body so he was completely facing Akimoto. "You're not in a guild, right?" He had a smile on his face, a smile that if someone saw, you know greatness would come out of it.

TIMESKIP (SEVERAL DAYS LATER)

A few days later, the floors up until Floor 45 had recently been opened up by Kane, Akimoto, and the Floor Clearing Police Guild. Kane walked into Maeko's restaurant on the previous floor, Floor 28. He was going to meet Akimoto there.

Maeko exited the back room in one of Akimoto's shirts, and a pair of small shorts. She rubbed her eyes, then saw Kane. With a small yelp she darted back into the room, coming out a few moments later dressed in normal clothes. "Morning Kane." She said awkwardly.

Akimoto exited a few moments later, yawning and scratching the back of his head. He was wearing a plain black t-shirt, what looked like sweatpants and no socks or shoes. "Sorry, over slept a bit there."

Kane wasn't wearing his usual trench coat, he had on a outfit that looked like the Starter uniform, yet it was casual clothing. A black and blue t-shirt tucked into brown pants supported with a black belt. He had his black fingerless gloves on however. "Morning." He replied to Maeko and Akimoto

Kane sat at the bar. "Have you seen Kisho, Yin, or Yang around lately?" He asked, he was scrolling through his menu. He opened up his friends list and there was a tab for the guild he was in. He opened it up, the guild was named "The Eternal Keepers" with Kane as the Leader, the only member in it was Akimoto so far. They were trying to recruit their friends into the guild.

"No, I haven't seen any of them since the last time we were in here together." Akimoto said, shrugging.

Maeko brought the two a cup of hot coffee, and sat down on the other side of the bar and listened to the conversation.

Kane closed out of the guild menu and scrolled over to the news section. He noticed the Police Guilds of the guild were quickly cleaning out floors as their members grew. Kane let out a sigh and took a sip of his coffee. "We'll have to find them then, they're idealistic players for the guild."

"Mhm." Akimoto said, sipping his coffee. "Hey, Kane. Maeko asked me something last night while we were in bed, and I decided it'd be best to ask you. She's been working on her sewing skill, and she wanted to know if she could make us all uniforms."

Kane threw his hands up and clapped in the air in an excited way, as if he were expecting this. "Of course she can, I've been stuck in the same Coat for 5 months now." He lowered his hands and took a sip of coffee. "Although we wouldn't really need a uniform, we're a private guild so we could just wear custom uniforms." He shrugged.

"Awesome!" Maeko said and reached under the counter. She pulled out a notepad. "I've been doodling these while the store was either closed or at a stand still. Tell me what you think." She said, and showed three different outfits for him to see, hers, Akimoto's and his.

Kane looked at the notepad, he noticed his uniform looked like the Knights of Blood Oath uniform, although his was tailored to fit with his like for a trench coat. He noticed the colors, blue and black, and fingerless gloves. "It's great." Kane replied sounding greatly amused. Although he noticed something, the concept for his new outfit had two straps. He looked at Akimoto suspiciously.

"Well...." Akimoto said, his eyes nervously darting around. "It kinda just. Slipped out." He said, a nervous laugh escaping.

Kane shifted his eyes towards Maeko to see her reaction. He took a sip of coffee while doing so.

"No worry, I'm not going to say anything." Maeko stated and slid the notepad back under the counter. " How about you two go out and find your friends, while I finish up your outfits. They should be done before you get back."

Kane spoke up. "I don't know if Akimoto asked you yet, would you like to join the guild and be the third member?"

"Hell yes!" Maeko yelled, she leaned across the counter and kissed Akimoto. This caught him off guard, so he fell backwards off of the bar stool.